Improvement in corn-planters



SAVIBRMU W. N. MERS.

com, PLANTBR.

` .P'afuelted YMay '30, 1.865.

UNITEDI STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATILDA sAviEits (ADMINISTRATRIX on THE' ESTATE oF M; sAvlns, DEQEASEDJ AND W. N. AYERS, 0F' WYANDorTn, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN coRNfPLANTERs. Y

seeeieatien forming peut ef Lettere Patent N e. 47,987, dated Mey so, 1ste.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that M. SAvInns and W. N. AYERS, ofY Kansas City, in the county ot' Jackson and State of Missourfhave invented a new and Improved'Gorn-Planter; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

`taken in the line a' rv, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a trans'- verse vertical section ofthe same, taken in the line y y, Fig 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. This invention relates to a new and im'- proved.marking'device, whereby the corn may' be planted incheck-rows without'previousl'y marking the ground.

. The invention also relates to an improved seed-dropping device and to an improved seed;` covering arrangement, whereby the seed mayV be dropped or planted with certainty by an automatic mechanism and covered withV earth in a proper manner.

A represents a` rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels, B B', and has a draft pole, G, secured to its underside by a pivot, a, said pole passing through a staple or loop, b, atV the under side of the front partof the frame of sulcient length to admit of the front part of the frame beingrtilted upward to raise the -plows D out of the ground when necessary, which is done by the driver placing him; selt'. back on the seatE ou the frame. TheV plows are raised out ofthe groundin turning the machine at the ends of rows, and when this sdone the left wheel, B', is made loose on its axle C' by drawing a box, F, out from the center of said wheel by means of a lever, G. This loosening of the wheel B'. facilitates the ,turning of the machine, and the box is inserted or shoved Vinto the wheel as soon as the machine is turned and the markers H on the wheel brought in line, if not so, with the rows previously planted before the machine is starti ed. This is done by showing a lever,I', underA one 0f the markers of the Wheel B, which prevents the wheels from turning until the mark- 'ers are brought in line with the rows'. The markers H are simply flat strips or plates attached to the peripheries ofthe wheels B B', two on each wheel.

J J are two seedfboxes placed on the frame A, one at each side directly in front of the wheels B B', and directly behind the crossbar a, on which the seed-boxes J are secured,

there is placed a slide, K, which has a har, L, projecting from its rear side, against which a cam, M, on the axle C bears, said cam being composed of al circular plate, b, having two projections, c o, upon it. The bar L is kept in contact with the cam by means of a. spring,

N, which bears against one end o1' it, and a l reciprocating motion is given the slide byv means of the cam and spring.

' The slide K has two small projections,d d', Aattached to its front side, near each end. The

projections d pass through slots e inthe seedboxcs, just above their bottoms f, while the projections d' are below the bottoms. projections cl d' of each seed-box are 'a little out of line with each other, so that when the projectionsd cover a hole, g, in the bottom of each seed-box the projections d' will be out of line with said holes, and vice versa. means the seed is discharged from the hoppers and into tubes O O. The upper projections d may be made in the form of 'brushes to prevent the bruising of the seed. By this arrangement it will be seen that an automatic seed-dropping mechanism is obtained, and one which requires no particular care or attention on the part ol'1 the driver; Y

The plows D are of inverted-V form in their transverse section,'gradually narrowed from their rear to their front ends, curved upward in front and attached to rods h, which are concovered when dropped, the wheels B B' serving as rollers for the saine. The markers H designatey the places wher These By thisA the seed is dropped, and in commencing rows spring N, all arranged substantially as and" the markers are brought in line with the hills for the purpose specified.

previously dropped. The seed therefore eannot fail to be planted in cheek-rows. Having thus described this invention, we l claim as new'anddesire to secure by Letters Witnesses for Matilda Saviers:

Patentl LM. FUNIL,

The reciprocating slide K, provided with the Dr. I SAIAH MOORE. projections d d', arranged to work in relation Witnesses for W. N. Ayers: with the perforated, bottoms of the seed-boxes D. PEROIVAL,

J,.in,connecton with the cam M, bar L, and I. N. THOMAS. 

